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Vascular compression in glossopharyngeal neuralgia: demonstration by high-resolution MRI at 3 tesla

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We report a case of glossopharyngeal neuralgia with vascular compression. High-resolution MRI at 3 tesla demonstrated the posterior inferior cerebellar artery to be closely related to the rootlets of the left glossopharyngeal nerve in a patient who suffered attacks of burning sensation in the left side of the throat. The MRI findings were confirmed at curative surgery.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13352, Berlin, Germany

    F. Fischbach, J. Ricke & H. Bruhn

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Augustenberger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    T. N. Lehmann

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Fischbach, F., Lehmann, T.N., Ricke, J. et al. Vascular compression in glossopharyngeal neuralgia: demonstration by high-resolution MRI at 3 tesla. Neuroradiology 45, 810–811 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-003-1078-x

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